Mitchell Page
| Mitchell Page | |||
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| Designated Hitter / Left fielder | |||
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Born: October 15, 1951 Los Angeles, California |
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Died: March 12, 2011 (aged 59) Jupiter, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 9, 1977, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 1984, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .266 | ||
| Home runs | 72 | ||
| Runs batted in | 259 | ||
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Mitchell Otis Page (October 15, 1951 – March 12, 2011) was a Major League Baseball player. He finished second to Hall of Famer Eddie Murray in American League Rookie of the Year balloting when he came up with the Oakland Athletics in 1977.
Page played the role of the California Angels first baseman, "Abascal," in the 1994 Disney movie Angels in the Outfield.
Page was born in Los Angeles, California. He originally drafted out of Centennial High School in Compton, California by the A's in the fourth round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft, but chose instead to attend Compton Community College. After transferring to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round of the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft.
After clubbing 43 home runs and driving in 173 runs with a .292 batting average over two seasons in the Pirates' farm system, the A's finally acquired Page on March 15, 1977, along with Tony Armas, Doc Medich, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti and Rick Langford for Phil Garner, Chris Batton and Tommy Helms.
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